Hi!!! This is the last chapter of Bridge of Lakes, but it certainly isn't the end of the story. The next 'book' is called Memories Doves. I will update the first chapter of the story tomorrow. So please enjoy this last chapter of Book 1: Bridge of Lakes. Tell me what you thought about the book completely and whatever other criticism of characters you would like to write. But one thing, don't put any flames, I'm easily hurt. Enjoy!!

Sakura squealed in delight as Tomoyo caught her. They had been chasing each other around the castle. Tomoyo had currently created a new dress that she wanted Sakura to try on. It was actually a wedding dress. Word had gotten out about Syaoran and Sakura's engagment. Tomoyo had went wild! With her new powers she created a truely beautiful dress, now if she could get Sakura to put it on. That was a diffrent story entirly. It had been three months already since they had arrived in the Star Lake Kingdom. Not one of them had even given a thought to their past lives. How could they? Things were so great right now. The Kingdom had been celebrating the day their Princess and soon to be Queen returend and know they were celebrating because of her engagment.

"This is really cute Moyo!!" Sakura gushed looking in the mirror. She turned a few times completely loving the look.

From her knew closet Tomoyo's head popped out. Some fabric was in her mouth. When she heard the comment she instantly spit it out. With a huge smile she rushed to Sakura and embraced her. She said so many thank you's that Sakura couldn't keep count. Then her door suddenly opened and there stood little Akemi with his grandmother and grandfather. They stood their in total shock then they broke into a smile. Akemi rushed to Sakura and threw himself onto her. With a yelp she fell on Tomoyo's bed. He kissed her on both cheeks multiple times.

"You are so pretty!!!" He complemented helping her up. "Now you really look like a queen!!" Sakura blushed and gave him a small smile.

"Yes dear," Her father continued. "You look stunning. Do you not agree, Nadeshiko?" He asked his wife. She smiled holding his hand and nodded.

"You are beautiful my dear Cherry Blossom. Where did you get that wonderful dress?"

"Tomo-chan made it for me. She loves to design cloths for me…" She muttered unfourtuantly on the side. Tomoyo gave her an intense glare. Sakura shivered then giggled.

Nadeshiko and Fujitaka stayed in the room watching their daughter along with her best friend help fit the dress. Akemi conjured up some toys with his magic. He played all around Tomoyo's room. At one point he went into one of her underwear draweres. Tomoyo chased him out of it when he tried to put on one of her bras. Sakura's parent laughed watching the little boys blush when Tomoyo told him what the bra was for. Sakura took off the dress and got back into her normal dress. Ever since she started living here it was getting harder and harder to wear her pants. The same thing went for Tomoyo. It was as if they were drawn to the style of this dimension and forgetting their own.

After about an hour Sakura's parents and her nephew left. Aparently Akemi had some early learning classes that started today. She giggled seeing him struggle to get out of her fathers grip. Her father was surprisingly strong. Sakura left as well leaving Tomoyo to her daydreaming. She passed a few servants along the way to the Royal Garden. She said hello to some. They had cast their gazes to the floor walked a bit faster mummbling their own greetings. She reached the garden with no other greetings. She sat under a tree that was a few ways from the garden, it was a peach tree. The Bridge of Lakes sat on her lap. No more words had been revealed to her. She had made no time to really think about the book. It frustrated her that it wouldn't show her anything more. She tried to figure things out but the stupid thing gave her no damned hints!! She put the book to the side and leaned her head against the tree. Her head had started to hurt because of her frustration. Then everything went black.

She jumped and screamed a bit. The person behind her chuckled, she could almost hear him smirk. She tried to wrench his hands away from her eyes but there was no use. He was stronger. She dropped her hands and crossed them over her chest in defiance. She could stay like this all day.

"You're taking the fun out of the game." She did not answer. He growled and lowered his hands. "Spoil sport." He said giving her a playful glare. She said nothing to him. Instead she stood up and started to walk away. He smirked. She thought she was getting to him by ignoring him but he had his ways to get her attention. So with some speed he took her hand and pinned her against the same tree. She giggled.

"I knew you would give in. Syao you're so predictable." She said tauntingly. Sakura winked and pecked his lips ever so slightly. Syaoran sighed in fake exasperation.

"Is that what a future Queen should be doing?"

"That is none of your damned buisness buddy." She said curtly. She crossed her arms for emphisis. Syaoran chuckled.

"Yet you are my fiancée. So what you do is my business 'honey'."

He loved to tease her. She was a grown women but her childness was something that could never fade. It was as much apart of her as magic to him. But he was stalling. He wanted something from her. That was why he was taunting her. It gave him more motivation when she spoke. Sakura kept on chatting and chatting not realizing Syaoran had pinned her arms to the side. When she wouldn't stop he held her face level to his making sure her eyes met his own. She instatnly shut up. The look in his eyes automatically made her lips close without further noise. Suddenly she was nervous, though they had only just reuntied with one another she already knew the look well. It was lustful, wanting, and mischeviousness mixed all together. They made his eyes go a liquidly amber. That made his being suddenly totally and completely sexy.

"N-neh…Syaor-" She began nervously but a finger that was brought to her lips stopped her. She couldn't help but notice how hot his finger felt against her lips. It tasted good too.

He shushed her silently. Slowly he came nearer to her. She was well aware of the hard muscle that seemed to pulse right at the end of her belly. He was close enough to finally kiss her when and arrow grazed their cheeks. The arrow landed millimeters from her eye and was implanted near the tree some of her hair with it. Sakura screamed in utter and complete terror when a beast the size of a bear stood up. It's hands and legs were of a human, then his face looked like the scally planes of a snake. One eye socket was missing and an eye and its lips were sewn shut. Somehow a thundering snarl ripped up its just through its sewn mouth. The vibration split some of the iron making his upper and lower lips bleed black blood.

Syaoran cursed taking the arrow from the tree. It realesed Sakura's hair and she almost bolted from the tree. But he held her still beside him. She was about to say something when he shushed her. He leaned into her ear.

"The thing is blind." He whispered eyeing the empty sockets. "Don't say a word only very low whispering if nessacery. It can only smell and hear but that will be easy. It's nose is scratched up badly so it most likely cannot smell. I want us to sneak out quitely it's the only way."

Sakrua nodded in understanding. Though she couldn't understand how the Darcreature could have sneaked up on them so stealthly. But why didn't it just kill them on a close range attack? It had the element of surprise so it made not sense for it to shoot and arrow to 'try' and kill them when it had all odds with him.

'Do not run!!!'

She froze. Her gaze flickered to the Dar but she could not believe what she had just heard. She turned to Syaoran and he had the same look on surprise on his face. So he had heard it too.

'I can read what you have thought. You will never get away from me. I have only come to deliever a messege from His Magesty.'

"MY FATHER?!!" The Dar's head shook in disbelief.

'No you fool!! From my master. He has declared war on all of this pathetic Star Lake Kingdom.'

With a disturbing grunt and some blood it vanished. Without a second thought Syaoran scooped Sakura up in his arms and ran. More arrows soared through the sky. Syaoran allowed his sword to appear and called air to him. The wind made the arrows go off course. With a new burst of speed he ran to the back entrance of the castle. He threw Sakura inside and ran back out. She shouted for him but he did not turn back. He was about to face a gazillion arrows alone!!! But she could do nothing without her cards. So she ran to her parents room. They were no where to be found. She vaguly rememered vistors passing by them so she went to the throne room. Sure enough her parents were there talking to who the hell knew who. Everyone turned to her and she noticed her brother and sisters there as well. She had no time to be curisous. With almost no breath at all she re told what had happened and what was happened in the garden. Her father and mother exchanged weary looks hesitating to make a descion. Sakura got pissed off.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT!!" She shouted in frustration. Her parents looked at her in surprise. Tears streaked her cheeks like waterfalls. "SYAORAN IS OUT THRE FIGHTING A DAMNED ARMY! ALONE!!!" She continued trembling like a massage vibrater.

Nadeshiko desceneded from her throne. The visitors exchanged surprised gaspes. She embraced Sakura muttereing soothing words. Sakura pushed her away in anger.

"MOTHER SYAO-" She shut up when her mother looked up at her tears streaking her cheeks as well. "Mama?" Her mother embraced her again.

Fujitaka came down his thrown and order some of his children to go into positions. They all scattered throwing concerned looks at their mother and sister. But they hurried. The visitors disappeared as well. Her father came to them putting a hand on his wife's shoulder. He whispered something in her ear then rushed out as well. Sakura's mother continued to cry. She couldn't help her own tears fall as well. So together mother and daughter cried in the large room. Their cries echoed gently giving more of a sense of sorrow.

Finally stiffling her cries her mother stood. She held Sakura's hand firmly as they rushed out of the throne room. Sakura didn't ask where they were going. She already knew that whatever they did would help Syaoran. But what she did not know was the sorrow that was ripping her mother apart. Slowly Nadeshiko's heart began to beat slower and slower. She inhaled deep breaths trying to calm herself. She felt horrible for taking away so many memories from her daughter. Then she did the deed that was the worst thing a mother could ever do to her own child. She killed her teenaged daughter. Though all this was part of the past it affected her present.

Nadeshiko stopped a few ways into the south wing of the castle. She embraced her daughter. The hug was crushing but Sakura did not push her away. Her mother said her name over and over and over again. Until Sakura could barely hear what she said. Then Nadeshiko pulled away. Her finger tips gingerly touched Sakura's temples.

"My precious, precious daughter, I am so very deeply sorry."

"Mama? Why should you be sorry?"

Nadeshiko did not reply. She inhaled deeply once again and the next breath she took a small creature came from her chest. It fluttered about then settled on Sakura's head. It grew bigger until it was the size of a small bird. Quickly it hopped down to her shoulder and Sakura gasped. The bird was bearly the size of a reagular pigon. It was long, slender and soft. But what shocked her the most was its color. It was the purest of white she had ever witnessed. For half a second it blinded her. The glow of the dove became smaller. Then intricate designs began to grow on its body. It was as if a semstress was sewing gold and purple on the beautiful dove. She could make out lilies and hearts as well as swirls. As the strings of light reached the doves chest a heart bigger than its chest formed. Then inside was the crest of the Star Lake Kingdom.

Sakura gasped once again. But it was a painful one. Her legs buckled underneath her as images filled her mind. She stared up at her mother with pain glazed eyes. She could not make sense of the images that filled her. It was a cocophony of feelings and thoughts and pictures. It seemed like none related to the other before it. A pounding sensation became clear as her head felt like someone was stepping on it with heavy construction boots. Her eyes filled with tears that overflowed. The tears hit the floor with a bearly audioable pat. The cyrstaline tears looked upon mother and daughter witnessing what no human would ever see.

Through her hazy state of mind she heard a voice. That voice of the creature that had attacked her earlier that day. It laughed at her. The sound was sickening. It was as water and blood mixed together boiled over a cauldrin of groans and cries. She could feel the bile rising up her throat. Then an arrow appeared in Nadeshiko's chest. None of this really registered though. Blood splatted all over her face and body. She could taste it on her lips. An arrow the size of a radio antenna pierced the heart of the Kinjo Heika. No screams erupted from the women. Sakura's eyes widened. She wanted to scream with all that was in her. But her lips wer numb. They wouldn't obey the orders of the brain. The brain could not even issue orders because of the haze that cacooned it like a moth. Sakura had not realized the Kinjo Heika's eyes had already been closed before the arrow came. But slowly she felt the life in her mothers fingers drain away. Slowly Nadeshiko fell and hit the floor. Her head made a sickening crack. With one more painful image Sakura followed suit and both were unconsious.

The bird that had appeared hovered over the two. It circled as if it had no where else to go. One heart was beating and the other one held still. Sakura's heart wanted to burst but the fact that she could no longer feel was a hindrence. But everything that had happened finally registered, war had been stated. And war had just begun.

'Don't forget, my love. Never again. Live and remember.'